Sociologist Rachael Woldoff is a keynote speaker for the next symposium hosted by Research Group on Collaborative Spaces (RGCS), a think tank that explores old and new ways of working and living. The RGCS Symposium in Toulouse! will stimulate discussions about new mobilities at work, new modes of spacing and emplacing work, new ways of...Read More

Submit your problem statements for TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program by June 14. Research projects published in 2023 focused on transit capacity and quality, track design, workforce mental health, paratransit fleet configuration, bus rapid transit, and more. The TCRP Oversight and Project Selection (TOPS) Commission will select the research problem statements for the program this fall.Read More

This summer, Meghan Gough (VCU), Kate Howell (UMD), Andrea Roberts (UVA) and Thaisa Way (Harvard/Dumbarton Oaks) will host Towards a People’s History of Landscape (pt. 2) in Richmond, VA this summer, June 12 – July 8, 2024. This workshop will bring together scholars from across the nation to explore alternative approaches to scholarship and teaching...Read More

In Alan Mallach and Todd Swanstrom’s new book, The Changing American Neighborhood, they argue that the physical and social spaces created by neighborhoods matter more than ever for the health and well-being of twenty-first-century Americans and their communities. Challenging conventional interpretations of neighborhoods and neighborhood change, they adopt a broad, inter-disciplinary perspective combining theory with...Read More

DESCRIPTION More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and that number is expected to double by 2050. Creating sustainable cities is critical to the future of Canada and the world, and our collective response to climate change will be felt and fueled by our urban centres. We need cutting-edge research to...Read More

This book brings together the research and perspectives of twenty urbanists from Quebec and B.C. to trace the evolution of research on the city and the urban over the past decade. The interdisciplinary contributions feature questions core to urban studies in Montreal and Vancouver: housing and transportation, and more emergent questions related to urban indigeneity,...Read More

Faiza Moatasim published a new book, Master Plans and Encroachments. The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad. The book presents informality as a strategic conformity to official schemes and regulations. It highlights how the privileged and the underprivileged strategically use architectural techniques to support their informal claims to space. https://www.pennpress.org/9781512825206/master-plans-and-encroachments/Master Plans and Encroachments (30% discount code: PENN-FMOATASIM30)Read More

PhD in Planning and Public Affairs Program Learn More at Our Open House on December 11, 2023  The PhD in Planning and Public Affairs Program at the University of Oregon’s School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management (PPPM) will hold a virtual open house on Monday, December 11, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific (GMT-8:00). Interested...Read More

Dear colleagues, The call for papers for the RC21 conference 2024 in Santiago in Chile has just opened. The conference is titled ‘The politics and spaces of encounters: advancing dialogues between and within the Global North and the Global South’ and will take place between July 24th and 26th 2024. You can find more information on the conference here....Read More

Webinar: The Future of Nonprofit Advocacy for Racial Justice and Social Justice in Urban Planning Education and Practice. Panelists: Anna Santiago, Michigan State University Kenneth Chilton, Tennessee State University Joan Wesley, Jackson State University Christopher St. Vil, University at Buffalo URL: https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/95517245966?pwd=TnNIeGVOSFBJN1BxYTZmeG9WQlRDUT09 November 28, Noon-1pm ESTRead More

Available for pre order: Housing in the United States: The Basics (Routledge). https://www.routledge.com/…/Anacker/p/book/9781032655710 Description: Housing matters to people, be they owner, renter, housing provider, homeless individual, housing professional, or policymaker. Housing in the United States: The Basics offers an accessible introduction to key concepts and issues in housing—and a concise overview of the programs that affect housing...Read More

The MSU EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation (REI) is excited to announce a call for submissions for Co-Learning Plans focused on spurring economic growth and development in economically challenged communities. Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce – Economic Development Administration (EDA), REI has been a pivotal force since 2011. The Center operates...Read More

Geoffrey Moss, Keith McIntosh, and Ewa Protasiuk published a new book, Barista in the City: Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment, and the Urban Context. The book examines the impact of paid employment and the contemporary neoliberal context on the subcultural lives of hipsters who are employed as baristas. You can preorder it in hard copy or as...Read More

Economic Development Quarterly (EDQ) is seeking manuscript proposals that test theory and practices concerning linkages between economic and community development. In short, we are interested in research on how regional economic development efforts impact low-income neighborhoods and how community-based assets influence economic development. Selected manuscripts will be considered for publication in an EDQ special issue...Read More

Paul G. Lewis and Nicholas J. Marantz recently published Regional Governance and the Politics of Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area (Temple University Press, 2023). The Bay Area is generally considered the most expensive regional housing market in the country. Because the region added jobs and residents at a faster rate than housing, rents...Read More